312 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 



2235. EILEY, C. V. Entomological notes of the year. <Prairie 



Farmer, 24 November, 1883, v. 55. S.-b. No. 42, pp. 86-87. 

 Progress of experiments for the destruction of scale insects, Coccidw; intro- 

 duction of Aspidiotus rapax into California on apples from New Zealand ; 

 strawberries injured by Capsus oblineatus [= Lygus pratensis'] aud a myria- 

 pod in Illinois; occurrence of Leucania unipuncta in several places, and of 

 Cecidomyia destructor in Illinois ; extension of culture of- Pyrelhrum cinera- 

 ricefolium in California ; occurrence of Anarsia UneateUa on strawberry- 

 plants in Illinois ; of Doryphora juncta and Cassida texana on Solanum 

 melongena in Georgia; of Ceresa bubalus on potato-plants in Pennsylvania; 

 of Epilachna corrupta on wax-beans, etc. 



2236. EILEY, C. V. A satisfactory remedy for melon bugs, flea-beetles, 



etc. <Eural New-Yorker, 3 November, 1883, v. 42. S.-b. No. 



42, pp. 77-78. 



Qainn's method of sprinkling the vines with a mixture of tobacco water and 

 soft soap and then powdering with lime is probably the best general pre- 

 ventive against Diabrotica vittata and Halticidce; description of J. M. 

 Nicholson's siphon arrangement by which to keep the vines constantly 

 moist with the liquid. 



2237. EILEY, C. V. The chinch-bug in New York. <Science, 9 Ne- 



vember, 1883, v. 2, p. 621. Extract: <Sci. Amer., 22 Decem- 

 ber, 1883, v. 49, p. 384. S.-b. No. 42, pp. 122-123. 

 Present outbreak of Blissus leucopterus in New York the result of an increase 

 due to favorable conditions rather than an invasion. 



2238. E[ILEY], C. V. Insects in relation to agriculture. <Stoddart's 



Encylopa3dia Americana, 1883, v. 1, pp. 135-142, figs. 1-29. 



Chapter 9 of article " Agriculture." Brief accounts with numerous illus- 

 trations of the insects named below, and of means against them, with 

 cross-references to accounts of other insects in other portions of the work. 

 The headings and subjects of the sub-chapters are as follows : 



IMPORTANCE OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 135 



INSECTS INJURIOUS TO FRUIT AND FRUIT TREES : 



Apple curculio (The), Anihonomus quadrigibbus Say, p. 135, fig. 

 1 Apple-maggot (The), or "railroad- worm," Trypeta pomonella 

 Walsh, p. 135 White-marked tussock-moth (The), Orgyia leuco- 

 stigma, Sm. and Abb., pp. 135-136, fig. 2 Apple-tree tent-cater- 

 pillar (The), Clisiocampa americana Harr., p. 136, figs. 3-4 Fall 

 webb-worm (The), ffyphantria textor Harr. [= causa], p. 136, fig. 

 5 Oyster-shell bark-louse of the apple (The), Mytilaspis pomicor- 

 tfciaRiley [=pomorum~\, pp. 136-137, fig. 6 Round-headed apple- 

 tree borer (The), Saperda bivittata Say [ Candida], p. 137, fig. 7 

 Flat-headed apple-tree borer (The), Chrysobothris femorata Fabr., 

 p. 137 Spring canker-worm (The), Paleacritavernata Peck, p. 137, 

 figs. 8-9 Fall canker-worm (The), Anisopleryx pometaria Harris, 

 p. 137, figs. 10-11 Peach-tree borer (The), jfigeria {= Sannina] 

 exitiosa Say, pp. 137-138, fig. 12 Currant -stalk borer (The), 

 JEgeria tipuliformis L., p. 138 Imported currant-worm (The), 

 Nematus ventricosus King. [=rt&mi], p. 138, figs. 13-14 Native 

 currant-worm (The), Pristiphora grossularice Walsh, p. 138 

 Snowy tree-cricket (The), (Ecanthus niveua Harr., p, 138, figs. 

 15-16. 



